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Ancient DNA Broke the Human Family Tree
Ancient DNA revealed that modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans did not evolve in complete isolation. Human history is a network of contact, migration and admixture.
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Ancient DNA & Lost Human Populations
Human evolution used to be illustrated as a clean tree. Ancient DNA broke that picture.
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Denisovans: The Human Population We Discovered Before We Knew What They Looked Like
Denisovans were first recognized from DNA in a finger bone. New discoveries from Tibet, Taiwan, Harbin and Southwest China are finally giving the lost population a face.
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Ghost Populations: Can DNA Reveal Humans We Have Never Found?
Genetic models can infer ancestry from populations for which no matching genome exists. But a ghost population is not automatically a new species or lost civilization.
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The World Before Us: When Homo sapiens Was Not Alone
Tom Higham's The World Before Us reconstructs a recent past in which Homo sapiens shared the planet with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other human populations.
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